İzmir Toy Museum

İzmir Toy Museum

Established	2010
Location	Halil Rifat Paşa mah 31 Konak, İzmir,
Type	Toys
Website	www.izmiroyuncakmuzesi.com

İzmir Toy Museum (also called “Ümran Baradan Toy Museum”) is a museum of toys in İzmir , Turkey.

Geography

At 38°24′48″N 27°07′37″E / 38.41333°N 27.12694°E / 38.41333; 27.12694 the museum is situated near to Varyant street on "Halil Rifat Paşa mah 31 Konak" ^[1]

History

The museum was established by the world wide known ceramic artist Ümran Baradan. She devoted a two storey house and donated various toys she had purchased in various countries. Later Sunay Akın who has previously founded İstanbul Toy Museum also contributed various articles to the museum.^[2]

The museum

The museum is now run by the municipality of Konak ( an intracity district of İzmir.) In the ground floor objects donated by Ümran Baradan are exhibited. The first floor is reserved for Sunay Akın donations.

Karagöz

Snow White and the Seven Dwafs

Items

In addition to classical Turkish toys such as Karagöz and Hacivat, various toys from many countries are displayed. Some examples are:^[3]

1860 Baby carriage (United States)
1880 Cardboard town (United Kingdom)
1920 Teddy bear (Germany)
1920 Dancing girl (Italy)
1920 Baby house (Turkey-Alanya)
1930 Washing machine (United States)
1920s Tin automobiles (United States, United Kingdom and Germany)

References

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Atatürk's House (Şuhut) Aydın Archaeological Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Çamlık Railway Museum İnciraltı Sea Museum İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum Izmir Ethnography Museum İzmir Toy Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology Victory Museum

Black Sea Region

Baksı Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Marmara Region

Bursa Archaeological Museum Kırklareli Museum Namık Kemal House Museum Rákóczi Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Adana Archaeology Museum Adana Cinema Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Atatürk Museum Adana Ethnography Museum Antalya Museum Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya) Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Mersin Museum Mersin Atatürk Museum Mersin Naval Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum

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